The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center again ranked best cancer hospital in US
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has retained its distinction as the No. 1 cancer hospital in the country.
MD Anderson tops U.S. News & World Report’s 2021-2022 Best Hospitals rankings for cancer care.
This is the seventh straight year — and the 17th time in 20 years — that MD Anderson has ranked first. The institution has finished first or second in cancer care every year since the publication began issuing its rankings in 1990.
“This year’s ranking is especially rewarding considering the exceptional teamwork and collaboration we have seen throughout our institution during an unprecedented pandemic that created heightened risks for immunocompromised cancer patients,” Peter WT Pisters, MD, president of MD Anderson, said in a press release. “No matter the challenge, we are here for our patients, for each other and for our community. We thank everyone for their unwavering support that has helped us earn the top ranking in cancer in the midst of a pandemic.”
Other hospitals ranked in the top 10 for cancer care are Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, UCLA Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian.
Mayo Clinic ranked first in this year’s Honor Roll, which highlights 20 hospitals that deliver exceptional treatment across multiple areas of care. This is the sixth straight year Mayo Clinic topped the Honor Roll.
“Mayo Clinic is honored to be the No. 1 ranked hospital in the nation for the sixth consecutive year, and we are truly grateful to our extraordinary staff for always putting our patients' needs first in the exceptional care that they provide," Gianrico Farrugia, MD, president and CEO of Mayo Clinic, said in a press release. “At Mayo Clinic, each patient receives specialized care from an innovative, collaborative and highly talented team that is committed to both treating serious or complex disease and advancing new and better cures through innovative research."
Other institutions in this year’s Honor Roll top 10 are Cleveland Clinic, UCLA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, NYU Langone Hospitals, UCSF Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The 32nd annual U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings are intended to help patients with rare or life-threatening conditions make informed decisions about where to receive care.
The 2021-2022 rankings compared more than 4,750 hospitals across the country in 15 medical specialties: cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; ear, nose and throat; gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery; geriatrics; gynecology; neurology and neurosurgery; ophthalmology; orthopedics; psychiatry; pulmonology and lung surgery; rehabilitation; rheumatology; and urology.
Only 175 hospitals were nationally ranked in at least one specialty.
“This year’s expanded report from U.S. News includes new ratings for important procedures and conditions to help patients, in consultation with their doctors, narrow down their choice of hospital based on the specific type of care they need,” Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis, said in a press release.
The rankings are based primarily on objective measures, such as risk-adjusted survival and discharge-to-home rates, patient volume and quality of nursing.
U.S. News also investigated racial disparities in health care. This year’s rankings include health equity measures along with hospital rankings that assess whether the patients each hospital has treated reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the surrounding community.
“At roughly four out of five hospitals, we found that the community’s minority residents were
underrepresented among patients receiving services such as joint replacement, cancer surgery and common heart procedures,” Harder said. “Against this backdrop, however, we found important exceptions — hospitals that provide care to a disproportionate share of their community’s minority residents. These metrics are just a beginning; we aim to expand on our measurement of health equity in the future.”
U .S. News & World Report began issuing a list of best children’s hospitals in 2007. In June, the publication named Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as the best in the nation for children with cancer.
For a complete list of the national rankings in all specialties, go to health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings.
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